Minnesota Gophers goalie Kent Patterson (35), makes one of his 17 saves in a 6-0 shutout victory over the Vermont Catamounts, Friday October 21, 2011 at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis. The Gophers won 6-0. (Pioneer Press: John Autey)

When I started out in mites, the bag always was being passed around with the goalie equipment. I always was the one to grab the bag. I moved up a year early from mites to squirts and stuck with it.

The toughest thing about being a goaltender is trying to stay in the game mentally and make sure you don’t get complacent. You look at the game. It’s 60 minutes. During that whole time, you’re getting 30 shots a game. That’s about a second per shot. You’ve got to be able to hold that attention span and always be ready.

Travel in time? I wouldn’t really care for the future. I’d want to go back and go to some past Stanley Cup games. It would be pretty interesting to go way, way back to some of the first Stanley Cup games to see what hockey was like.

I had a lot of favorite cartoons growing up. I’d have to say a cartoon that has stuck with me is “The Simpsons.” It’s still a classic.

Super powers? I think it’d be cool to be able to fly like Superman and have the powers of Spider-man and be able to crawl around the city and web your way around buildings.

In high school, I played hockey and lacrosse. It was only my freshman and sophomore years at Blake. I played juniors after that. We won two state championships in lacrosse.

My parents always have been there to support me. They never hassled me about hockey and how I was playing. Some parents get on their kids about how well they’re doing. My parents never did. They’ve always supported me and traveled to wherever I was playing.

Growing up, I always wanted to play hockey. I’ve been fortunate to be able to stay healthy and have the opportunities I’ve had so far. Colorado owns my NHL rights. I definitely want to work my way up in the system. Coming out of college hockey, especially for goaltenders, is a hard situation, so something I aspire to do is climb up the leagues.

We’ve definitely proven ourselves to be a contender in the (WCHA) league, and we’ve won some games and been in some situations to give us the confidence we can go into almost any situation and prove ourselves successful.

Absolutely, the goal is to win a national title.

When my older brother was having his kindergarten conference, I was a little baby. My dad was holding me, and I accidentally pulled a fire alarm. It cleared out the whole building.

After a loss, I recall what my mistakes were and evaluate my game.

It’s a pretty cool situation (to be tied with former Gophers goaltender Robb Stauber for most shutouts – five – in a single season at Minnesota.) Hopefully, it keeps going and I keep shutting teams out and keeping scores low. (Patterson set the school record Saturday, after this interview was recorded, as Minnesota beat St. Cloud State 5-0.)

Funniest movie I’ve ever seen? I’d have to say it was the first “Hangover.”

The best movie I’ve seen was “300.”

My favorite actor is the guy from “300” (Gerard Butler).

Favorite actress? There are a lot of good-looking ones, but I’d definitely have to say it’s Jennifer Aniston.

Pet peeves? None I can think of. I’m pretty melancholy.

As an athlete, there have been a number of memorable moments. The state championships were definitely one with lacrosse. And winning the section championship with Blake in hockey.

My last meal would have to be tortellini with meat sauce and some kind of chocolate cake on the side.

My favorite book is goalie Martin Brodeur’s book (“Brodeur: Beyond the Crease”). I thought that was a pretty interesting book. I read it a year or two ago. I’m going to read it again. In the book, he talks about him and his goalie coach and their approach to the goaltending position. He talks about how his goalie coach told him, “If you get beat on a shot or make a save, don’t let anybody try to beat you on that same shot with the same save. Always try to mix up it and don’t let them know what kind of cards you’re holding.”

I used to play video games. I got rid of my Xbox this summer.

I have country music in my iPod.

I like watching “Sons of Anarchy.” I used to be into “Two and a Half Men,” but not since that whole fiasco. It’s not the same. That used to be one of my favorite shows, but not since Charlie Sheen dropped off it.

I wouldn’t change anything about my life. I’m pretty happy with the way it is right now. I look forward to what’s going to come ahead with this season and then life after college.

I’m majoring in business, marketing and education.

The best advice I ever got? Just always work hard, and your hard work will always pay off.

If I get bad advice, I process it and throw it away.

If I could trade places for a day with anyone, it would be (actor) Matthew McConaughey. I’ve always thought it would be interesting to see what his life would be like, just for a day.

I just hope I will have a number of accomplishments in hockey alone. Hopefully, this season ends well and our team does as well as we hope to. After college, I hope I make a good name for myself in the pro ranks if I go that far and in the business world as well. I want to be able to say I accomplished a lot and did well for myself.

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